After some huge swings in recent weeks, the bitcoin price has steadied in the last couple of days. At the time of writing, it sits at just over $8,100 (£6,100 or so). The big news…
Ethereum Casper Released as Cryptocurrencies Banned in Morocco
The latest news from the ethererum network is that the first version of the Casper proof of stake protocol upgrade has now been released. This update comes from developer Vlad Zamfir and was brought out…
Bitcoin Recovers After $31 Million Tether Hack Causes Drop from Record High
A massive hack on a cryptocurrency had a knock-on effect in the last day or so, with bitcoin dropping from its record high level and ether also falling as a result. Tether is a company…
South Korea Leads the Way: Could Ether Be Set to Move onto More New Highs?
The ether cryptocurrency that runs on the ethereum network has been in the news for the wrong reasons lately, as the problem with Parity multi-signature wallets has captured headlines. However, a number of analysts now…
Bitcoin Races to New Record High of $8,000
The latest bitcoin activity has seen the price of the cryptocurrency shoot up to yet another record high. This time, the value of bitcoin has passed $8,000 ($6.038) for the first time in its history.…
Parity Reveals That Frozen Funds Bug Was Known About in August
The bug that caused around $150 million (£1.13 million) of ether funds to be frozen has caused a huge amount of controversy in the cryptocurrency world. The company taking the flak is called Parity and…
Could Bitcoin Gold Overtake the Original Bitcoin?
The new bitcoin gold cryptocurrency has got off to an interesting start in life. It just went live on the 12th of November and has already been through some turbulent times. Yet, many analysts believe…
Huge Trading Volumes as Bitcoin Price Fluctuates Wildly
The last few days have seen bitcoin prices vary massively, as large trading volumes have driven the market on a bit of a wild ride. 24 hour trading volumes reached an all-time high of over…
Frozen Funds in Ethereum: Error or Hack?
The fall-out from the issue that has seen millions of pounds of the ether currency frozen continues. It has now been claimed that it may have been a hack rather an error, while the amount…
Bitcoin Gold About To Go Live
A recent blog post from developers has revealed that bitcoin gold will go live over the coming weekend. The official date and time for this change will be the 12th of November at 7pm UTC.…